Improvement in draft-equalizers



H. SENSENBAUGH.

Draft-Equalizer.

10,166,639. Patented Aug .10,1875

WI NESSES INVENTUF] UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HENRY SENSENBAUGH, OF SHARON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRAFT-EQUALIZERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,639, dated August10, 1875; application filed June 11, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SENSENBAUGH, of Sharon, in the county of Henryand in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Draft- Equalizers; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the upper side of myimproved device, and Fig. 2 is an elevation of the front side of thesame.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The design of my invention is to increase the strength and durability ofthree-horse draftequalizers; and it consists in the means employed forconnecting together the inner ends of the equalizer-bars, substantiallyas and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawings, A represents an evener, to or upon each end ofwhich is pivoted a lever or equalizer-bar, B, that has its longestportion inside of its pivotal hearing I). The inner ends of the bars Band B are slotted horizontally and longitudinally, and within such slotsis placed a plate, 0, that loosely fills the same, extends between saidbars, and

is pivoted at its ends to or within the ends of the same. As thusarranged a whiffletree, D, is attached to the outer end of each bar B,and a third whififiletree, I), to the front edge and longitudinal centerof the plate 0, when the device is ready for use with three horses, inthe usual manner.

The plate 0 forms a connection for the equalizer-bars, which, Whileperfectly flexible in a line with the draft, is sufficiently rigid ver-HENRY SENSENBAUGH.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. HORNER, JOSEPH G. ENTRIKIN.

